Michael Masella

• Joined July, 2015
• Website http://pigmentandmegapixel.ca
• City Vernon BC V1B 3M4
• Province British Columbia
• Country CA
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve always tinkered with intricate objects and liked to puzzle out technical challenges. Although I did a brief stint studying and working in the field of geology, it was electronics that was my natural calling. After an eighteen month intense program of study at the Radio College of Canada, my first ‘serious’ career step was becoming the electronics technologist for the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University - a position I enjoyed for fifteen years. During that time I gained experience in medical photography in addition to having to handle the various and sometimes challenging electronic needs of the department. Later, I moved into a more high-tech environment dealing with fibre optic trans-Atlantic communication. I’ve been fortunate in that for all of my working years I was able to mesh analytical thinking and technical inclinations with a hands-on comfort zone. My interest in photography goes all the way back to the late sixties. While working as a geology student a couple of summers up in the Canadian arctic, I shot black and white film for prints and slides. Back in Montreal a friend and mentor took me into his photography store and taught me darkroom techniques. In the intervening years between then and now I’ve enjoyed being an occasional photographer of holiday locations. Now that I’m recently retired I can return to more regular and in depth camera activity. I just happen to be able to take advantage of having a live-in designer who is knowledgable in graphic arts. Together, we’re having fun creating expressions of our creations in pigment and megapixels for you to enjoy.